---
title: "GhostContactAccountRelations.update"
method: PATCH
path: "/entities/GhostContactAccountRelations/{id}"
tags: ["Contact"]
---

# GhostContactAccountRelations.update

`PATCH /entities/GhostContactAccountRelations/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://us-east.api.coevera.com/api/v100/rest/spaces/your_space_id`
- URL: `https://us-east.api.coevera.com/api/v100/rest/spaces/your_space_id/entities/GhostContactAccountRelations/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP basic
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/coevera/apis/coevera-crm-api/docs/entities/GhostContactAccountRelations/:id/patch.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Changes fields of the GhostContactAccountRelation record with the given id; fields left out keep their values.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Query parameters

- `validation-level` integer

## Request body

- UpdateGhostContactAccountRelationInput: Field values to change on a GhostContactAccountRelation record; fields left out keep their values.
  - `ghost_contact` object: Placeholder ghost contact placed on the account org chart. Related GhostContact record; see 'updateGhostContactInput' for its fields.
    - `id` string, uuid: Id of the related GhostContact record.
  - `account_id` string, uuid: Id of the account whose org chart includes the ghost contact.
  - `comment` string: Free-text comment shown on the org-chart node.
  - `ghost_contact_id` string, uuid: Id of the ghost contact placed on the account org chart.
  - `is_assistant` boolean: True when the ghost contact is rendered as an assistant of its parent in the org chart.
  - `is_sibling` boolean: True when the ghost contact is rendered as a sibling rather than a child in the org chart.
  - `position` string: Position label shown on the org chart for the ghost contact.
  - `revision` integer: Revision when entity was lastly changed.
  - `account_roles` object[]: Account roles assigned to the ghost contact on this account.
    - `id` string, uuid: Id of the related GhostContactAccountAccountRoleRelation record.

## Response `200`

The changed GhostContactAccountRelation record.

- object
  - `success` boolean: True when the request succeeded; false on error.
  - `data` GhostContactAccountRelation: Placement of a ghost contact on the org chart of an account, with its position and comment.
    - `is_delete_protected` boolean, required: True when the record is protected against deletion because it must always exist in the space. Deleting a record that is not protected can still fail on other checks. Read-only.
    - `id` string, uuid, required: Unique identifier of entity.
    - `is_deleted` boolean: Specifies if the entity is considered deleted.
    - `modified` string, date-time: Last modification time.
    - `created` string, date-time: Creation time.
    - `account` string, uri, required: Account whose org chart includes the ghost contact. Related Account record, returned as the URI of the record. With the 'expand' parameter the full record is returned instead; see 'Account' for its fields.
    - `ghost_contact` string, uri, required: Placeholder ghost contact placed on the account org chart. Related GhostContact record, returned as the URI of the record. With the 'expand' parameter the full record is returned instead; see 'GhostContact' for its fields.
    - `account_id` string, uuid, required: Id of the account whose org chart includes the ghost contact.
    - `comment` string: Free-text comment shown on the org-chart node.
    - `ghost_contact_id` string, uuid, required: Id of the ghost contact placed on the account org chart.
    - `is_assistant` boolean: True when the ghost contact is rendered as an assistant of its parent in the org chart.
    - `is_sibling` boolean: True when the ghost contact is rendered as a sibling rather than a child in the org chart.
    - `position` string: Position label shown on the org chart for the ghost contact.
    - `revision` integer: Revision when entity was lastly changed.
    - `account_roles` string[]: Account roles assigned to the ghost contact on this account.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: a bad or unknown parameter (codes 117, 118), a missing permission (code 50), conflicting data (code 2002) or any other API error. The REST API answers 400 where others answer 403 or 409; check `code`.
- `401`: Not authenticated: missing or wrong credentials, a credential of another space, or an expired token (code 401, ERROR_UNAUTHORIZED).
- `404`: No such record or entity (code 143 ERROR_NO_ENTITY, or 2006 ERROR_UNKNOWN_TYPE).
- `422`: Validation failed (code 40000, with the failing fields) or a required parameter is missing (code 119). By default one failed item fails a whole batch and nothing is written.
- `429`: Too many requests (code 182). Wait for the seconds in Retry-After, then retry.
- `500`: Unexpected server error (code 1000, ERROR_UNKNOWN).

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